What is better than a night of friendly company and great wine? Friendly company, great wine and CHEESE. And this all came together in beautiful juxtaposition this past Thursday night at the STA Victoria travel store, where the amazing Darenberg crew came to teach us about the Australian Gold Coast, and the fantastic wines found there! Check out my video above for more.
It was a great chance to meet the rest of the STA WTI applicants, including Sophie (@somiraculous), Andrea (@andreasantoni), AJ (@spintheglobe) and Amanda (@manda_jenks). It was SO HILARIOUS - we are all massive stalkers and we knew basically everything about each other before we'd met! Is this the way society is going? Where we all become minor celebrities in our own right? Check out a later blog for more on this, its an interesting topic I want to pursue...
So what about the wine? Well, after 8 glasses of excellent expensive whites and reds, I was inclined to love them all, but my favourite was definitely the aptly named 'spider monkey'. Being a semi-health freak (read: massive health freak) I am always wary of wine and the added sugar that is found in many brands, but I am pleased to say that the Darenberg wines have NO ADDED SUGAR! Chappettes, if you are worried about your hips and bum then look no further. Put down that Lambrini and pop over to the Australian Gold Coast!
And the CHEESE. Oh, the cheese. Did I mention there was cheese? Three types, to be precise. I gave up cheese a few years ago and I would give my right arm to have it back; therefore the evening ended with a rather tipsy Kate gorging on blue stilton. Thank you STA, for giving me such an amazing evening (and bigger hips).
